Michael Blazek

Washington Nationals

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Michael Blazek threw 2,331 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2013 and 2019, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and Spring Training. In 2019, they relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (95mph), also mixing in a Slider (89mph) and Change (87mph). He also rarely threw a Curve (79mph).


In 2019, compared to other RHP:
Their fourseam fastball is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has slight armside run and has slightly above average velo. Their slider (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 15 of them in 2019) is thrown extremely hard, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sliders and has less than expected depth. Their change (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 6 of them in 2019) generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' changeups, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' changeups and is slightly firmer than usual. Their curve (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 3 of them in 2019) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' curves and results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves.